Ayesha Siddiqui gets public sympathy in Pakistan

Shoaib Malik claims to have been cheated and deceived by her but public sympathy in Pakistan seems to be with his alleged first wife Ayesha Siddiqui if an opinion poll conducted by a television channel here is anything to go by.
A show on 'Geo TV' on Shoaib's much-anticipated wedding with Indian tennis star Sania Mirza put a question to the viewers, asking "Who is in the wrong in the Shoaib Malik and Ayesha Siddiqui controversy."
During the show itself 62 per cent of the polled votes blamed Malik and only 38 per cent said Ayesha was in the wrong.
Since Ayesha broke her silence and produced the Nikahnama of her marriage with Shoaib, there has been widespread sympathy for her from the Pakistani people particularly after the press conference held by her father and mother on Friday night.

Shoaib clears air, says he never met Ayesha
Embroiled in a controversy over his alleged first marriage, former Pakistan cricket captain Shoaib Malik has claimed that he has never met Ayesha Siddiqui, who claims to be his first wife.
Speaking to The Times of India, he said, "This relationship started on the telephone, in the year 2001. I was in Sharjah at that time, with the Pakistan cricket team. She telephoned me, introduced herself as Ayesha, and told me that she was a fan of mine, who lived in Saudi Arabia. That's how we got talking."
He says that the Siddiquis cheated him by showing some other girl's photograph as Ayesha's.
Since the news of Sania and Shoaib's marriage broke, the controversy has thickened with both Ayesha's and Shoaib's family arguing and counter-arguing about the whole affair.
Shoaib flew to Hyderabad on Friday night to meet Sania and prepare for his marriage with the tennis star.
Meanwhile, Sania Mirza backed Shoaib Malik on social networking site Twitter saying that she and her family know the truth.